A Missouri man rented a room on New Year’s Day with an 8-year-old girl and made her engage in sexual acts and eat meth, according to police.

Police said Brett J. Pendleton, 48, of Union, went to the American Inn in Washington, Missouri, with the girl and made her engage in several different types of sexual acts and do drugs.

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The girl reported that he made her eat methamphetamine and smoke marijuana and cigarettes.

The Washington Police Department said the defendant admitted to committing sexual acts and having sexual contact with the girl and admitted to intentionally giving the girl meth by rolling it in toilet paper and feeding it to her.

He was arrested and charged with one count of statutory sodomy or attempted statutory sodomy deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 12 years old and one count of endangering the welfare of a child creating substantial risk.